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Find out if you’re a Perfectionist?
Am I a perfectionist?
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Ask your self these questions and see if you find them familiar.
1. A perfectionist is highly conscious and hyper-critical of any signs of mistakes. He/she has an extremely sharp eye towards details
2. A perfectionist aims to be the best in everything he or she does, even if it is something that he or she is not interested in
3. A perfectionist often spends copious amount of time, right down to the last moment, to perfect something. He or she would rather sacrifice on a personal level (such as sleep, eating time, etc) than let something be less than it can be
4. A perfectionist sets absolute ideals on things in life. There is only black and white, no grey.
5. A perfectionist is the harshest critic of himself/herself. He/she would beat themselves up over the smallest thing that went wrong, to the extent of being neurotic
6. A perfectionist mulls over outcomes if they did not turn out as envisioned
7. A perfectionist is defensive towards criticism and has a fear of failure because it suggests something he/she did was not perfect
8. A perfectionist only has the end goal in mind. If he/she does not achieve the goal, it really does not matter what happens in the process
9. A perfectionist has an all-or-nothing approach. If the situation does not allow him/her to achieve the standard he/she laid out, he/she will abandon the task because it does not make sense to spend time on something that he/she is not going to conquer
10. A perfectionist is very self-conscious about any situation which might give others the perception he/she is not perfect.
Dawn Pugh expert therapist
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